Research Catalog

Title

Lohengrin : radio broadcast, 1985-12-28 [sound recording] : romantic opera in three acts / libretto and music by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Raffell, Anthony.
• Macurdy, John.
• Roar, Leif.
• Marton, Eva.
• Hofmann, Peter, 1944-2010.
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Gilmore, John.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Cole, David.
• Dobkins, Matthew.
• Fogarty, Melissa.
• Lorentzson, Gary.
• Murtha, Timothy.
• Rogers, Elizabeth.
• Taylor, Zachary.
• Watkins, Dana.
• Collins, Christian.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Te Kanawa, Kiri.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Livingstone, William.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (281 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 28, 1985]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:57:57 (synopses and features) ; 3:43:13 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 28, 1985.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 479 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, William Livingstone and Robert Jacobson) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through "The Challenge" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Introduction ; Act 2 through "Ortrud's warning" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Introduction ; Act 3 through "Athmest du nicht mit mir" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 479 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R386

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Lohengrin : radio broadcast, 1985-12-28 [sound recording] : romantic opera in three acts / libretto and music by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

005757 034313

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 28, 1985]

Performer

Anthony Raffell (The King's Herald) ; John Macurdy (King Henry) ; Leif Roar (Telramund) ; Eva Marton (Elsa) ; Peter Hofmann (Lohengrin) ; Leonie Rysanek (Ortrud) ; Charles Anthony, John Gilmore, John Darrenkamp, Richard Vernon (Nobles) ; David Cole, Matthew Dobkin, Melissa Fogarty, Gary Lorentzson, Timothy Murtha, Elizabeth Rogers, Zachary Taylor, Dana Watkins (Pages) ; Christian Collins (Gottfried) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 50, no. 7 (Dec. 21, 1985).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 28, 1985.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 479 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Raffell, Anthony. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Roar, Leif. Performer

Marton, Eva. Performer

Hofmann, Peter, 1944-2010. Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Gilmore, John. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Cole, David. Performer

Dobkins, Matthew. Performer

Fogarty, Melissa. Performer

Lorentzson, Gary. Performer

Murtha, Timothy. Performer

Rogers, Elizabeth. Performer

Taylor, Zachary. Performer

Watkins, Dana. Performer

Collins, Christian. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Te Kanawa, Kiri. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 479 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)